Ping.
I see letters like this all the time in the local newspaper from military folk from the Valley deployed to Iraq. It's always talking about how bad things sound in the newspaper. I never see them being mentioned on the big networks though.
I remember a good letter to the editor from a Vietnam marine who talked about how the media stole the Tet Offensive victory from the US and were trying to do the same thing in Fallujah. He was so on target with his prediction of the media coverage following certain events that it was reprinted in a big front page article.